GOOFYY GADGETS: NIKE + FUELBAND : REVIEW

NIKE + FUELBAND SE

So NIKE is coming out again with a great fitness product.NIKE has been quite good in this upcoming market and is consisting increasing it's focus on this category . NIKE + app for iOS has been quite successful . NIKE has come out with it's second edition of FUELBAND and it's quite good from it's previous version.It promises much-improved battery life over its predecessor. When it comes to the physical hardware, however, its appearance has barely changed since 2012.This time it comes out with three new colors (Rose Gold is quite impressive).

Under the surface it packs with a a lot of new features: NIKE + the FuelBand's companion app, is friendlier than ever .It has the ability to group your buddies into separate categories. There are also new hourly reminders to stay active throughout the day.

Nike knows it's FuelBand is quite good and decided not to change it ,but adapted the same design.The FuelBand SE weighs, feels and looks almost identical to 2012 edition.Nike is done the bracelet design that just hangs , better than a wrist type as the sweat is not an issue there but still not that good.The FuelBand SE also houses the same 100-dot LED display as the original, though it whizzes through readouts and options faster than its predecessor. It also automatically adjusts brightness depending on ambient light. This, coupled with Nike's choice of a dot LED interface, remains a stroke of genius. Given the matte finish of the band, there's no reflectivity, meaning I could read the screen in full daylight without any issues.

In the right/left of the display (depending on which hand you use) there's the single button that handles all your navigation needs. Swipe through that to see your Fuel total and clock. Fuel is Nike's own exercise metric -- it's not calories or a pedometer, although you can add these to your FuelBand through either the web interface or iOS app.

Nike also sells the device in three sizes: small, medium/large and x-large. As it happens, the bigger two have a bigger built-in battery (70mAh vs. 50mAh), which means it should last longer.Nike's solved our biggest issue with the original: the fact that you had to charge it every two or three days. With relatively sedentary use, the new model requires a recharge about once a week. Having said that, if you're constantly running marathons and logging sessions, you can expect fewer days on a charge -- from my time with it, around three days.

In terms of sheer functionality, the two biggest changes to the FuelBand are the Sessions and Hours features.The Hours feature remains optional, but once it's on, it'll automatically nag you before the end of each hour to leave your desk and do something to help boost your Fuel total. It's not a huge challenge: You need to pick up five Fuel points every minute, for five minutes, to "Win the Hour."The second new feature, Sessions, is activated by holding onto the band's physical button, which will flash "start" onto the LED dot display. Another tap will send the band into a three-second countdown.

There are still some drawbacks: Because the band is water-resistant, there's no swimming option, and we're not sure how it's able to properly measure a gym workout

THE WORD :

The FuelBand SE's greatest improvement is its battery life, although the new software features add even more ways to monitor how active you are -- and hopefully improve. Nearly two years after the first FuelBand appeared, Nike's social features still make it an easy device to recommend. However, your mileage will vary depending on how many of your buddies are already using Nike+ and how deeply you're looking to track exercise. The FuelBand SE excels at getting not-necessarily sporty types to pay more attention to what they do (or what they should do), and it looks classy while it does it. Other devices offer more information and more features. So, if the old FuelBand didn't quite do enough to WOW you the SE is might change your opinion slightly though